King Liz

2econd Stage Theatre from 13 July

Sports agent Liz Rico has money and an elite client roster but a woman in a man’s industry has to fight to stay on top. She’s worked twice as hard to get where she is and wants to take over the agency that she’s helped build. Enter Freddie Luna, a high school basketball superstar with a troubled past. If Liz can keep this talented yet volatile young star in line, she just might end up making not only his career, but her own as well.

Reviews Coming Soon

First Preview Jul 13, 2015

Opening Night Jul 27, 2015

2econd Stage Theatre Broadway (McGinn/Cazale Theatre)

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Cast

Michael Cullen – Mr. Candy
Jeremie Harris – Freddie Luna
Russell G. Jones – Coach Jones
Caroline Lagerfelt – Barbara Flowers
Irene Sofia Lucio – Gabby Fuentes
Karen Pittman – Liz Rico

Creative Team

Carole Rothman – Artistic Director
Christopher Burney – Associate Artistic Director

Fernanda Coppel – Playwright

Lisa Peterson – Director

Dane Laffrey – Set Designer
Jessica Pabst – Costume Designer
Tyler Micoleau – Lighting Designer
Darron L West – Sound Designer
Second Stage Theatre -Stage Manager

Fernanda Coppel Playwright

Fernanda Coppel is a playwright and a screenwriter. Her new play King Liz will have its world premiere at Second Stage Theatre this summer. Her play Chimichangas and Zoloft premiered at the Atlantic Theater Company in 2012 and was published by Samuel French. In 2015, Fernanda recieved the inaugural Williamstown Theatre Festival New Play Comission. Her work has been developed at New York Theatre Workshop, Pregones Theater, INTAR Theatre, The Juilliard School, The Lark Development Center, the Flea, the Old Vic (London), Naked Angels, and at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater. Fernanda is a member of the MCC Playwrights’ Coalition and was a member of the Old Vic’s US/UK TS Eliot Exchange Program. Her work has won the Asuncion Queer Latino Festival at Pregones Theater, the 2012 HOLA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Playwriting, and the 2012 Helen Merrill Award. She was a three-year Lila Acheson Wallace Playwriting Fellow at The Juilliard School and received her MFA in Dramatic Writing from NYU. Fernanda’s television credits include “The Bridge” on FX and “Kingdom” on DIRECTV.

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